Listed below are links to resources in support of the Promotion and Tenure process. Candidates should begin by reviewing the university policy on promotion and tenure, then their college document, and finally their department document. Candidates should work closely with members of the Department Promotion and Tenure committee as well as their Academic Department Head in preparing materials for review.
Updated April 2021
All promotion & tenure documents for the College of Arts & Sciences can be found at https://artsci.nmsu.edu/faculty-staff/policies-procedures.html.
You will need to be on campus or connected via VPN to access the College of Business protected P&T documents.
Protected: Promotion & Tenure Materials
Password: cobadministration
The COB has a P&T timeline to help ensure that department heads and deans accomplish tasks in a manner consistent with college practices. This timeline may also be useful to P&T applicants.
General COB P&T processes and policies are contained in the COB Process Manual:
Promotion and Tenure Materials
The College of Engineering Dean’s Office will provide binders with tabbed page dividers and the following inserts.
Please contact Linda Fresques, 6-7416, for your binder.
You may download any of these pages, some of which can be filled out electronically.
Updated July 13, 2021.
As of July 1, the College of Education, College of Health and Social Services, and the Department of Sociology have been combined into the College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation. Faculty members should continue to use the P&T policies that corresponds with their department and college prior to July 1.
Beginning in 2020, the College of Education has divided its policies into (1) Policy for Tenured Track and Tenured Faculty; and (2) Promotion of College and Research Faculty. These can be found here.
Academic Department Criteria
The School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, & Leadership
College Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
Department Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
School of Nursing Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
School of Social Work Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
Public Health Sciences Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
All of DACC's Promotion and Tenure documents can be found at https://mydacc.nmsu.edu/fs/promotion-and-tenure/.
Material on NMSU’s promotion and tenure policy is in the Administrative Rules and Procedures of NMSU.
Rules relating to Promotion and Tenure are found in Chapter 9 of the ARP. Rules reflect recent revisions to the Promotion and Tenure process and are divided into pre and post AUGUST 13, 2018 effective dates.
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